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District 2, Rhea County, TN

4,313 Population
48.8 square miles 88.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±7.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhea County: 42 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,668 ±$4,814 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rhea County: $30,273 † ±$3,025
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,054 ±$15,310 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhea County: $55,033 ±$2,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±4.4% (508  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhea County: 15.9% † 5,305 (±2.5% / ±821)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.2 minutes ±5.8 (55,775  ±16,665) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rhea County: 29.5 367,160 (±2.7 / ±41,665)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,682 ±251 Number of households
  • Rhea County: 13,475 ±364
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (4,220  ±697) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rhea County: 2.5 33,291 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±2.6% (24  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Rhea County: 5.2% † 372 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,912 ±280 Number of housing units
  • Rhea County: 15,451 ±50
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,400 ±$24,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhea County: $206,000 ±$12,728
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.7% ±8.5% (887  ±392.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhea County: 11.7% † 3,927 (±2.3% / ±777.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±5.8% (2,648  ±415.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhea County: 83.3% 19,770 (±4.8% / ±1,149.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.6% ±5.9% (562  ±194.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rhea County: 18.6% † 4,418 (±2.5% / ±604.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.1% ±0.2% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Rhea County: 2.7% 929
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.8% ±4.8% (460  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rhea County: 9.3% † 2,478 (±1.5% / ±404)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
460 Total veterans ±172 438 Male ±160 22 Female ±39

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